From Rebels to Rulers: South Sudan and the Crisis of Nationhood (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798186510574)

South Sudan's history did not begin in 2011.

Long before independence, generations of southern Sudanese fought through war, displacement, political exclusion, famine, broken peace agreements, and internal division in pursuit of dignity, self-rule, and survival. From the Torit Mutiny of 1955 to the Anyanya movement, from the rise of the SPLM/A to the civil wars after independence, South Sudan's journey has been one of the most painful and complicated liberation stories in modern Africa.

In From Rebels to Rulers, South Sudanese author John Monyjok Maluth traces this long historical road from 1955 to 2025 with honesty, historical depth, and human reflection.

This book explores:

• The origins of the southern resistance movement
• The First and Second Sudanese Civil Wars
• Joseph Lagu, Dr. John Garang, H.E Salva Kiir Mayardit, Dr. Riek Machar, and other key historical figures
• The Addis Ababa Agreement and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
• The SPLM/A and the New Sudan vision
• Internal splits, militias, oil politics, and peace negotiations
• The 2011 referendum and independence of South Sudan
• The 2013 civil war and subsequent peace agreements
• Tribalism, corruption, governance struggles, and nation-building challenges
• The future of South Sudan and the meaning of liberation after independence

More than a political history, this is a deeply human book about what happens when liberation movements become governments and when a people who fought together for freedom must now learn how to build peace together.

Written in a reflective and accessible voice, this book combines historical facts, political analysis, personal memory, and social commentary to examine South Sudan beyond propaganda, slogans, or foreign headlines.

If you are interested in African history, liberation movements, postwar societies, peacebuilding, governance, identity, or South Sudan itself, this book offers an important and timely perspective from a South Sudanese voice shaped directly by the realities it describes.

The struggle for South Sudan did not end with independence.

The unfinished struggle now is nationhood itself.

Author: John Monyjok Maluth
ISBN-13: 9798186510574
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 07/09/2026
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d